Construction and Commissioning
The contract for Nathan Hale's construction was awarded on 3 February 1961. Construction began on 2 October 1962 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 12 January 1963, sponsored by the wife of Admiral George Whelan Anderson, Jr., and commissioned on 23 November 1963 in a subdued ceremony due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the day before.
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